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also involved in many other radical causes of the day, a strong supporter of independence for ireland, india, before the war she was very active in the women's suffrage movement and has gone to prison four times. in this article, the writer made one passing comment, one sentence where she said naturally these activities were deeply upsetting to her brother and i gave his name. sir john french which i immediately recognized as commander in chief on the western front. i thought that will be a relationship that will be interesting to write about. it was. because the brother and sister of diametrically opposite views were nonetheless were personally quite close. she was eight years older and she was the beloved little brother and taught him the alphabet. they remained in touch throughout the war and saw each other frequently. they stopped speaking to each other only win in 1918 the british government sent him to ireland to be viceroy in charge of suppressing the nationalist revolt against english role. she went to ireland to work for the i.r.a. and stopped speaking at that point*. that gave me t
also involved in many other radical causes of the day, a strong supporter of independence for ireland, india, before the war she was very active in the women's suffrage movement and has gone to prison four times. in this article, the writer made one passing comment, one sentence where she said naturally these activities were deeply upsetting to her brother and i gave his name. sir john french which i immediately recognized as commander in chief on the western front. i thought that will be a...
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a strong supporter of independence for ireland, for india. before the war she had been very active in the women's suffrage movement and had gone to prison for times. and in this article about her, the writer just made one passing comment, one sentence where he said, naturally these activities were deeply upsetting to her brother. and it gave his name. sir john french, which i immediately recognized recognized as commander-in-chief on the western front. so i thought that is going to be a relationship which fully interesting to write about. and indeed it was. because this brother and sister of diametrically opposite views were nonetheless personally quite close. she was eight years older than he was. he was her beloved little brother. she taught him the alphabet when he was small. they were banned in touch throughout the war. they saw each other frequently. they stopped speaking to each other only when, in 1918, the british government sent him to ireland to be viceroy of ireland in charge of suppressing the nationalist revolt against english ru
a strong supporter of independence for ireland, for india. before the war she had been very active in the women's suffrage movement and had gone to prison for times. and in this article about her, the writer just made one passing comment, one sentence where he said, naturally these activities were deeply upsetting to her brother. and it gave his name. sir john french, which i immediately recognized recognized as commander-in-chief on the western front. so i thought that is going to be a...
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india has been axles which are being hunted down, you have native indians in brazil. even in afghanistan they call the areas where they're doing all the bombing the tribal areas. i want you to speak to the fact that indigenous people around the world are being if under attack. er attack. and is there some way we can get this out into the press so they can understand that this should be stopped immediately? >> guest: well, what you're saying was true. >> guest: what you are saying is true. i was just in norway and the performance with a nsga woman in india under attack by the burmese. i think what it is, there's always the land hunger and indigenous people are vulnerable. there are resources that others want. for instance, in i think it is coaster rica, covered the land and animals and oil. so what we think about is the oil in the gulf. we don't realize that is happening in other regions as well. it should be published. it should be in papers. it is very difficult to have that information. one book that i read was by hawkins. i am sure you remember him from long ago. o
india has been axles which are being hunted down, you have native indians in brazil. even in afghanistan they call the areas where they're doing all the bombing the tribal areas. i want you to speak to the fact that indigenous people around the world are being if under attack. er attack. and is there some way we can get this out into the press so they can understand that this should be stopped immediately? >> guest: well, what you're saying was true. >> guest: what you are saying is...
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production overseas to less developed and less regulated countries with the bigger workforce such as india and china because it is cheaper. some say that many of these workers primarily agricultural@r villagers would be even poorer@r without the factory jobs, but said that speculation be the@v basis of acceptable corporate practice?@" these conditions are deplorabler what kin@2d of global society@r composed of supposedly empathetic fellow humans cannot value human life over cheap technology that earns millions of dollars to a handful of people. with these huge problems solutions seem few and far between. it is often difficult to create policies that help the most in need, our global system run on monday, little incentive for governments to help those who have nothing to give. governments must act in the best interests of the citizens palin not in the interests of a meager but wealthy minority that funds campaigns and manipulates connections. governments must be held accountable. many of these major problems stem from governments failing to invest money with the best interest of its citizen
production overseas to less developed and less regulated countries with the bigger workforce such as india and china because it is cheaper. some say that many of these workers primarily agricultural@r villagers would be even poorer@r without the factory jobs, but said that speculation be the@v basis of acceptable corporate practice?@" these conditions are deplorabler what kin@2d of global society@r composed of supposedly empathetic fellow humans cannot value human life over cheap...
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is it's favoritism on behalf of parliament for the shareholders of the east india tea company. so there's the government being oppressive, the parliament, and i think it's important to understand what the revolution was about for many ordinary patriots was this effort to set up governments of their own, that their problem was that their governments lacked the power to protect the people and promote their prosperity. and that to understand the movement solely as anti-government is to understand it really halfway and partly from the point of view of the most well-to-do who are always the ones who can do without less government and not from the point of view of the many people who actually made the revolution happen. [applause] >> thank you. thank you, barbara clark smith. our next author is john ragosta. >> thank you, tatiana, thank you all for coming. i got started on this project several years back when i was live anything culpepper county, about an hour north of here. and being in culpepper, i became interest inside the cull pepper minutemen, some ofback rah's ordinary -- barb
is it's favoritism on behalf of parliament for the shareholders of the east india tea company. so there's the government being oppressive, the parliament, and i think it's important to understand what the revolution was about for many ordinary patriots was this effort to set up governments of their own, that their problem was that their governments lacked the power to protect the people and promote their prosperity. and that to understand the movement solely as anti-government is to understand...
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i mean, india has the nextles which are being more or less hunted down. you've got the native indians in brazil. even in afghanistan, they call the areas where they're doing all the bombing the tribal areas. and i was wondering if you could just speak to the fact that indigenous people all over the world are under attack. and is there some way we can get this out into the press so they can understand that this should be stopped immediately? >> guest: well, what you're saying was true. i was just in norway and did a performance with a sammi person and a notga woman in india who were under attack by the burmese. and what i think it is there's always the land hunger, the taking over for land. and the indigenous people are vulnerable because they're in isolated areas or they're in places that they were sent that suddenly have resources available that others want, for instance, chevron, you know, has been -- i think it's costa rica has just covered the people of the land, the water and all the animals in oil. and so we think about -- what we think about the oi
i mean, india has the nextles which are being more or less hunted down. you've got the native indians in brazil. even in afghanistan, they call the areas where they're doing all the bombing the tribal areas. and i was wondering if you could just speak to the fact that indigenous people all over the world are under attack. and is there some way we can get this out into the press so they can understand that this should be stopped immediately? >> guest: well, what you're saying was true. i...